Math is only fun so long as you are able to apply the concepts in a practical context.
Doing test papers is not going to help, well it will with speed but not with concepts.
Recipes: Proportions make six cookies or something,
Take it down from a higher serving side.
Work it out in advance yourself and get her to do it on the fly.
Make trapeziums out of straws and pasticine.
Use play money to work out sums, let her buy stuff. Do the groceries, - cheat with a calculator.
Compare prices.
Maths is supposed to be practical.
Whether it be rearranging furniture for translations. Make a model house.
I am preparing a child as well.
And I've already gone from I can't do math, to this is so exciting.
And then...
11 years ago